Improvement in ladies  head-nets



- UNITED STATES DAVID M.

PATENT OFFICE.

SMYTH, OF NEVV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELFAND S. N. LEVVIS, OF SAME PLACE.

Specification forming part of Letttrs Patent No. 41,465, dated February 2, 1864.

` To all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that I, DAVID M. SMYQH, of the city and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use al certain new and useful Net for Ladies Hair; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part ot' this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a view of a head-net'with my improvement, and Fig. 2 is a section showing the mode of fastening the intersections. Similar letters denote the saine parts. Ladies head-dresses have heretofore been made as a net containing tlie hair at the back, and such nets have been formed of chenille, velvet braid,and a variety of materials interwoven and sewed at the points of intersection,

l and have been provided with ornaments upon the net.

'Ihe nature of my said invention consists in a ladies head-net formed with metal clasps at the intersections of the stripsot' material, whereby the net ism-ade much stronger than when sewed, and a. highlyr ornamental appearance is given to snchnet.

`In the drawings, a a are tlie'strips ofv.el. vet, chenille, or similar material, intersecting each other and forming meshes in the net ot' greater or less size; and b is the elastic or front piece going over the head.

c c are metallic clasps, formed with points that pass through or around the strips of' material at the intersections, and, being clinched, secure the net firmly together. These clasps may beY made more or less ornamental, and 

